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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

May 14, 2021Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2021, 5:33 PM CDT for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 14, 2021, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

County Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 14, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
428 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-151915-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
428 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A few storms will linger across southeast Kansas early this evening.
The stronger storms will be capable of dime size hail and brief
heavy rain.

Thunderstorms will increase in coverage generally after 11 pm. Some
of the storms could become severe, especially for areas along and
west of I-135 where wind gusts of 40-60 mph and quarter sized hail
will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

A few storms will be possible late Saturday afternoon into the early
evening hours across southern Kansas. The stronger storms will be
capable of quarter size hail and 60 mph winds.

The risk of thunderstorms may continue for Sunday into much of next
week, but confidence on location and severity remains low. Should
multiple rounds of thunderstorms occur, the risk of flooding would
increase by next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
209 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     HAIL             MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BAS 37.64N 97.24W
05/14/2021  M0.75 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&
Local storm report, May 14, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
214 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0207 PM     HAIL             MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BAS 37.64N 97.24W
05/14/2021  M0.88 INCH       SEDGWICK           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&
Special weather statement, May 14, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
225 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSZ069-083-142030-
Butler KS-Sedgwick KS-
225 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Southwestern Butler County in south central Kansas...
  East central Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 221 PM CDT...trained weather spotters reported a strong
  thunderstorm near Andover...moving east at 15 mph.

hail up to the size of nickels has been reported with this storm,
and this will continue to be a threat.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wichita, Andover, Augusta, Rose Hill, Douglass, Leon, Mcconnell Air
  Force Base, Santa Fe Lake and Augusta Municipal Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 9725 3772 9722 3773 9669 3748 9681
      3748 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 281DEG 15KT 3764 9716

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Local storm report, May 14, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
329 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSZ069-093-142130-
Butler KS-Cowley KS-
329 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Southeastern Butler County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Cowley County in south central Kansas...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 324 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Atlanta, or 9 miles
  south of Leon...moving east at 20 mph.

hail up to the size of nickels will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Leon, Atlanta, Latham and Beaumont.

LAT...LON 3750 9698 3773 9694 3771 9653 3735 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 281DEG 18KT 3755 9679

Martin
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
533 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSZ071-142300-
Woodson KS-
533 PM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a

* Significant Weather Advisory for...
  Central Woodson County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 531 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were
  tracking a strong thunderstorm near Yates Center...moving southeast
  at 35 mph.

* Hail up to the size of dimes will be possible with this storm.

* Locations impacted include...
  Yates Center, Rose and Batesville.

LAT...LON 3773 9553 3773 9577 3787 9593 3801 9584
      3788 9552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 306DEG 29KT 3789 9584

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTRussell50 min
May 14, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick46 min
May 14, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick59 min
May 14, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley57 min
May 14, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler65 min
May 14, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler61 min

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